Tony Snow dies at 53

Tony Snow dies at 53

Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX News
television and radio host, died after a long bout with cancer. He was 53.

Truly sad to hear that. He seemed like an extremely nice guy with a great sense of humor and wasn't too concerned with censoring himself. I
remember when they showed him leaving the White House and all of his coworkers saying goodbye. Truly sad indeed.

I too was surprised to hear of his death. I thought he was doing better, but then he disappeared off O'riely's radio show several months ago. I
wondered if he was going to get his own show.

I won't say this about too many journalist in today's era of talking hair on TV. He will be missed. His emotions and passions were shown when he
talked and I feel he was one of the very few honorable men on news. Agree or disagree with his views and opinions is fine, but you knew what his core
beliefs were.

I don't remember Tony Snow ever being a liberal. So how could he be a neocon? Do you even know what a neocon is?

Side note...I expected this type of hate at another site called Democratic Underground....so I checked it out and they are actually showing a little
class. That and the mods have been ordered to remove any negative posts.

I didn't expect this type of hate for Tony Snow, but then I remembered the hate for Charlton Heston when he died and figured it would come.

Originally posted by RRconservative
I don't remember Tony Snow ever being a liberal. So how could he be a neocon? Do you even know what a neocon is?

It's apparent he does not know what it means. A lot of liberals throw this term around but the problem is that they don't know what it means
because they rarely use it properly. It just further shows how they only spew liberal talking points without knowing what the hell they are saying.

A moderator needs to make sure to keep this topic enforced. If somebody called Tim Russert a shill or George Carlin a paid disinformant in either one
of their mourning topics, they would have been moderated harshly. Who cares if you hated the man or not. The point is that he died due to his cancer,
and any negative comments about him should be made elsewhere. It's a shame that this topic won't get as many flags as the other two, and it's even
worse than he will get the least media coverage of the three (at the least, it should be 80% of what Carlin got, but he'll be lucky to get 10%).

Also, I think this needs to be moved to the Breaking Political News Forum or Current Forum. It was moved the last time in the case of George Carlin,
but I'll let a moderator decide.

In regard to the man himself, I never paid too much attention to him, but I found him to be a charismatic character. He will be missed.

EDIT: I didn't see DontTreadOnMe's post before I posted, so yeah, good to see decorum being enforced. Also, I see the thread has been moved to the
Breaking Political News Forum, so...yeah.

Originally posted by WhatTheory
I guess it just shows how hateful and bias both of you are by being glad a person with a family has died.

Over 1 million people with families have died because of the war in Iraq. Over 4,000 soldiers with families have died because of that same reason.

This man was a part of an organization who had its hands in the corporate and political benefits of starting that war.

This man was a part of the administration who started that war.

This man was a part of the media outlet who sold the war via propaganda to the American populace, and has repeatedly made controversial statements
mocking and praising the deaths of people with families over in the Middle East.

And you expect some of us to sit and mourn this man? You expect some of us to just relinquish our right to freedom of speech in the name of being
politically correct?

The first amendment does not grant us freedom of speech so long as the majority agrees and it is not controversial. Freedom of speech is freedom of
speech, no strings attached. If you have a problem with that, ignore me.

Originally posted by WhatTheory
Both of you should be embarrassed for saying what you did.

Sorry to disappoint you, my friend, but I'm not in the least bit embarrassed or sorry.

Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
I would encourage members to stay ON TOPIC and discuss Tony Snow's life and death with respect.

Naming off the criminal entities he has been involved with in his life is on topic.

Why must I discuss it with respect? Is ATS an arena for expressing your opinions honestly or not?

I do not see anything in the T&C that says we should mourn and be respectful of the death of criminals. Let me know if it has changed.

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